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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who co-commissioned Indecent?
(a) Ogunquit Playhouse and American Repertory Theater.
(b) Stratford Theater Festival and Goodman Theatre.
(c) Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.
(d) American Players Theater and Waterville Playshop.
2. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?
(a) She pushed them off.
(b) She agreed to assist with other projects but not do them solely on her own.
(c) She would switch back and forth between other projects and Indecent.
(d) She pause Indecent to work on other projects.
3. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?
(a) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.
(b) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(c) It takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(d) It begins with an old Jewish tale.
4. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?
(a) The character may improvise.
(b) The character will speak in two languages.
(c) The dialogue is to be sung.
(d) The dialogue is meant to overlap.
5. The troupe suddenly goes into a rendition of what song about the rich getting rich and the poor being laid off but everyone is having fun anyway?
(a) Take Me Back to Manhattan.
(b) Another Op'nin', Another Show.
(c) Easy Street.
(d) Ain’t We Got Fun.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?
2. What does Madje wish Sholem had never done?
3. What are the real names of Reina and Dorothee?
4. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?
5. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does Asch show Lemml?
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